Revisiting the virulence hallmarks of Pseudomonas aeruginosa: a chronicle through the perspective of quorum sensing

J Chadha, K Harjai, S Chhibber - Environmental microbiology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogen and the leading cause of mortality
among immunocompromised patients in clinical setups. The hallmarks of virulence in P …

Microbial siderophores and their potential applications: a review

M Saha, S Sarkar, B Sarkar, BK Sharma… - … Science and Pollution …, 2016 - Springer
Siderophores are small organic molecules produced by microorganisms under iron-limiting
conditions which enhance the uptake of iron to the microorganisms. In environment, the …

Iron acquisition systems of gram-negative bacterial pathogens define TonB-dependent pathways to novel antibiotics

PE Klebba, SMC Newton, DA Six, A Kumar… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Iron is an indispensable metabolic cofactor in both pro-and eukaryotes, which engenders a
natural competition for the metal between bacterial pathogens and their human or animal …

[HTML][HTML] The iron tug-of-war between bacterial siderophores and innate immunity

R Golonka, BS Yeoh, M Vijay-Kumar - Journal of innate immunity, 2019 - karger.com
Iron is necessary for the survival of almost all aerobic organisms. In the mammalian host,
iron is a required cofactor for the assembly of functional iron-sulfur (Fe-S) cluster proteins …

Bioprospecting plant growth promoting rhizobacteria for enhancing the biological properties and phytochemical composition of medicinally important crops

A Rizvi, B Ahmed, MS Khan, HS El-Beltagi, S Umar… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Traditionally, medicinal plants have long been used as a natural therapy. Plant-derived
extracts or phytochemicals have been exploited as food additives and for curing many …

Recent advances in graphene-based nanobiosensors for salivary biomarker detection

R Goldoni, M Farronato, ST Connelly… - Biosensors and …, 2021 - Elsevier
As biosensing research is rapidly advancing due to significant developments in materials,
chemistry, and electronics, researchers strive to build cutting-edge biomedical devices …

Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles using Carum copticum: Assessment of its quorum sensing and biofilm inhibitory potential against gram negative bacterial …

FA Qais, A Shafiq, I Ahmad, FM Husain, RA Khan… - Microbial …, 2020 - Elsevier
Antimicrobial resistance among pathogenic bacteria has become a global threat to human
health. Due to poor progress in development of new antimicrobial drugs, there is a need for …

Interdependence between iron acquisition and biofilm formation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

D Kang, NV Kirienko - Journal of microbiology, 2018 - Springer
Bacterial biofilms remain a persistent threat to human healthcare due to their role in the
development of antimicrobial resistance. To combat multi-drug resistant pathogens, it is …

Dual-seq transcriptomics reveals the battle for iron during Pseudomonas aeruginosa acute murine pneumonia

FH Damron, AG Oglesby-Sherrouse, A Wilks… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Determining bacterial gene expression during infection is fundamental to understand
pathogenesis. In this study, we used dual RNA-seq to simultaneously measure P …

Iron and innate antimicrobial immunity—depriving the pathogen, defending the host

M Nairz, S Dichtl, A Schroll, D Haschka… - Journal of Trace …, 2018 - Elsevier
The acute-phase response is triggered by the presence of infectious agents and danger
signals which indicate hazards for the integrity of the mammalian body. One central feature …